noun
definition
Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.
Examples of merrymaking in a Sentence
In the Middle Ages the Common was the site for jousting tournaments, archery competitions, fetes and general merrymaking.
The proceedings closed with songs to the god and a general merrymaking, in which all the members of the family and the servants took part.
The second day, named Choes (feast of beakers), was a time of merrymaking.
Once in the regiment I had not gone to some merrymaking where there was music... and suddenly I felt so depressed...
It is celebrated in Catholic countries, as the last day of the carnival, with feasting and merrymaking, of which, in England, the eating of pancakes alone survives as a social custom, the day having been called at one time "Pancake Tuesday."